Simon Hunter

Simon Hunter has been living in Madrid since the year 2000 and has worked as a journalist and translator practically since he arrived. For 16 years he was at the English Edition of Spanish daily EL PAÍS, editing the site from 2014 to 2022, and is currently one of the Spain reporters at The Times. He is also a voice actor, and can be heard telling passengers to "mind the gap" on Spain's AVLO high-speed trains.

Explainer: Everything you need to know about swapping your UK driving licence for a Spanish one

TO THE relief of hundreds if not thousands of people across Spain, this week the Spanish Cabinet finally approved a deal on driving licence exchange

17 Mar, 2023 @ 14:28

Lead·National News

Authorities in Portugal, Spain bust gang that was illegally trafficking in protected eels

SPAIN’S National Police force has busted a gang that was trafficking in protected species of eels. The joint operation, which also involved the Portuguese and

16 Mar, 2023 @ 20:41

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Committee member for one of Valencia’s ‘fallas’ suffers homophobic attack during fiestas

A MEMBER of one of the committees in charge of creating the huge papier-mache fallas at the Valencia fiestas of the same name has been

16 Mar, 2023 @ 19:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

As residents complain of filthy state of central Madrid, rats are spotted just 50 metres from the Puerta del Sol

RESIDENTS IN THE centre of Madrid have long complained about the council’s failure to clean up the rubbish, and pictures of overflowing containers and recycling

16 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Heated debate: Madrid politicians go on the attack after revelations they are claiming government energy handouts

WHEN NEWS broke on Wednesday that the vice-premier of the Madrid region was claiming benefits to help pay for his heating bills, despite earning nearly

16 Mar, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Fleeced Uk And Expat Pensioners In Spain Get Boost From Malta Over High Risk Investments That Plummetted

Spain’s government and unions hail ‘historic’ pension reforms

THE SPANISH government and the country’s major unions today reached an agreement on pension reform, hailing the changes as ‘historic’ and claiming that they will

16 Mar, 2023 @ 10:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Madrid vice-premier, who earns nearly €105,000, is claiming heating benefits for ‘vulnerable consumers’

THE VICE-PREMIER of the Madrid regional government has come in for fierce criticism after it emerged that he has been claiming heating benefits meant for

15 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Liverpool fans try to skip out on €2,200 bar bill in central Madrid

TWO LIVERPOOL fans in Madrid for today’s Champions League game against Real Madrid have been arrested after running up a €2,200 bar bill and then

15 Mar, 2023 @ 19:30

Lead·Madrid·Sport

Demonstration Against The Ley Mordaza 'gag Law' In Madrid, Spain 13 Feb 2022

No change to Spain’s ‘gag law’, as parties fail to find common ground on reforms

AN ATTEMPT by the Spanish government to reform the country’s so-called ‘gag law’ failed this week, after the ruling Socialist Party and junior coalition partner

15 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Police in Spain seize passport of toddler after parents seek female genital mutilation procedure

THE AUTHORITIES in Catalonia have confiscated the passport of a 17-month-old girl in a bid to prevent her parents from subjecting her to female genital

14 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

Ex-Spain player Gerard Pique finally breaks silence over ex Shakira’s ‘revenge song’

IT HAS taken him two months, but Gerard Pique has finally broken his silence about the ‘revenge song’ dedicated to him by his ex-partner, Shakira.

14 Mar, 2023 @ 20:00

Celebrity·Lead·National News

'Spain WILL NOT be on UK 'Green' travel list before the end of July' says UK ambassador on a visit to Benidorm and the Costa Blanca

UK ambassador releases video explaining next steps for victims of driving licence debacle in Spain

THE UK ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, on Tuesday posted a video on social media that he said, he hopes, is his ‘last update for

14 Mar, 2023 @ 19:12

Lead·National News

Spain's Royal Family Christmas Card Features Princess Leonor And Infanta Sofia

Heir to Spain’s throne, Princess Leonor, to start military training in the autumn

THE HEIR to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, is due to start military training in the autumn, following in the footsteps of her father, King

14 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead·National News

Nightmare over: Spain finally approves driving licence deal with UK, meaning residents can legally get back on the roads

THE SPANISH Cabinet on Tuesday finally approved a deal between Spain and the United Kingdom covering driving licence exchange, as well as the exchange of

14 Mar, 2023 @ 15:52

Lead·Must Read·National News

Quiet down! Spain’s ombudsman calls on major cities to do something about excessive noise levels

SPAIN’S ombudsman has called on the country’s local councils – in particular those in Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid – to do something about the noise

13 Mar, 2023 @ 20:00

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·National News

Authorities in Spain’s Galicia discover ‘narco-submarine’ off coast

AUTHORITIES in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia have discovered a home-made semi-submersible vessel – a craft that is more commonly known as a ‘narco-submarine’.

13 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Date set for second motion of no confidence against Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

THE SPEAKER in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, has confirmed the date that a motion of no confidence will be debated

13 Mar, 2023 @ 17:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez tells NATO that training base in Spain for Ukraine army will open next week

Spain’s prime minister dedicates ‘heartfelt remembrance’ to victims on anniversary of March 11 bombings

SPANISH PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez yesterday dedicated ‘heartfelt remembrance’ to the victims of the Madrid terrorist attacks that took place on March 11, 2004 He

12 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spain’s Estepona returns with another adult slide – this time in the council building

BACK IN 2019, the municipality of Estepona on the Costa del Sol made the headlines for all the wrong reasons, when a metal slide installed

12 Mar, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests man accused of stealing more than €11,000 from dead pensioner he used to care for

THE SPANISH Civil Guard has arrested a man in Seville on allegations that he spent more than €11,000 using the credit card of a pensioner

12 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

City in Spain’s Catalonia rocked by alleged rape of 11-year-old girl by a group of minors

THE CATALAN city of Badalona has been rocked by the alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl, and which only came to light when a

12 Mar, 2023 @ 12:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Retired Swedish inventor sets his sights on improving garbage handling and cutting CO₂ in Barcelona

AS THOUSANDS of Europeans do every year, Jan Arlemark has recently moved to Spain in his retirement. But the former inventor will not be sitting

11 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead

Fifteen injured by pyrotechnic shell at Fallas fiestas in Spain’s Valencia

AT LEAST 15 people were injured at Valencia’s Fallas fiestas on Friday, after a pyrotechnic shell went off inside a safety area during the daily

11 Mar, 2023 @ 10:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain and Portugal could include Morocco in 2030 World Cup hosting bid

SPAIN and Portugal’s candidacy to host the 2030 World Cup may end up including a third country: Morocco. The Spanish and Portuguese Football Federations are

10 Mar, 2023 @ 20:00

Lead·National News·Sport

Doctors in Spain say a second and deadly pandemic is ‘likely’ and warn the health service ‘is not prepared’

Covid-19 hospitalisations rise 10% over last week in Spain

THE NUMBER of people in Spain hospitalised with Covid-19 has risen by 9.7% in just a week, while the number of such patients in intensive

10 Mar, 2023 @ 19:00

Health·National News·Other News

Cybercriminals demand €4.2 after ransomware attack on Clinic hospital in Spain’s Barcelona

THE CYBERCRIMINALS behind a so-called ‘ransomware’ attack on the Clinic Hospital in Barcelona are demanding a payment of €4.2 million before they will release the

10 Mar, 2023 @ 18:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

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